Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Sandeman
First Names
Robert Groves
Rank
Maj Sir
Regiment / Department
Bengal Staff Corps
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
SH143 / HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
T H Thornton Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman His Life and Work on Our Indian Frontier
Original Text from book
Sandeman, Maj. Sir Robert Groves, B.S.C., Agent to the Governor Gen. for Baluchistan, Political Agent at Quetta, MR9, SH143 [= Bt. Lt. Col.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; biog. by T.H. Thornton, Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman, His Life and Work on Our Indian Frontier, London: John Murray, 1895 [on his march from Kandahar back to India, Roberts brought two guns captured at Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880 as a gift to Sandeman; both were engraved with a record of their capture; these guns flank [1980] the entry to the home of the Chief Marshall Law Administer at Quetta (Ed.)]
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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